Clarence Carter, the blues and soul musician and singer-songwriter with the raspy, emotional vocals whose hits included the ...

Bargain shoppers, there’s still a bit of a wait for the Columbus Ollie’s store. Since the Ollie’s sign is officially up at the former Bargain Hunt location at 2312 Hwy. 45, folks have been asking me ...

LAFAYETTE COUNTY – A Columbus Municipal School District school safety officer was arrested Monday on drug distribution charges by the U.S. Marshals Office. Bryan Holliness, 39, the school safety ...

OXFORD — A court decision reversal released Thursday will allow a lawsuit filed against the NCAA by former Ole Miss football staffer David Saunders to continue its process after it was initially ...

BALTIMORE — Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday in the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing a Singapore-based ship operator and a senior employee of ...

The Dispatch’s Best of the Triangle readers’ choice contest is the area’s longest-running recognition of the most popular businesses and professionals in the Golden Triangle. Businesses who want to ...

LOWNDES COUNTY – Gregory “Black Boy” Roby, 46, died May 7, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at New Vision School in Macon, ...

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Missionary Union Baptist Church in Columbus, with Claude Long officiating. Visitation will be 2-6 p.m. Friday, at Carter’s Funeral Services. Carter’s ...

WEST POINT – Frank Albert Anderson, 77, died May 4, 2026, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at St. Paul M.B. Church, with Eddie A. Longstreet officiating.

WEST POINT – Cheryl Yuhintis Lenoir, 62, died April 24, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Baptist Grove M.B. Church in Prairie, with ...

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, at Cockrell Funeral Home. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Pruitt was born Feb. 2, 1968, in Monticello, Arkansas, to the late ...

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, at Calvert Funeral Home, with James Towery officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Garden Cemetery in West Point. Visitation will be one hour prior to ...